Satoru Iwata gave an update about the Wii U’s sales performance while speaking with Reuters. The Nintendo president said that the console wasn’t quite as popular as Wii was initially, though “sales are not bad, and I feel it’s selling steadily.”

“At the end of the Christmas season, it wasn’t as though stores in the U.S. had no Wii U left in stock, as it was when Wii was first sold in that popular boom. But sales are not bad, and I feel it’s selling steadily.”

Wii U sold 638,339 units in Japan for the system’s December’s launch, Enterbrain data reveals. Sales were obtained between December 8 and December 30.

Iwata noted that there have been challenges in selling two different Wii U models. Nintendo doesn’t have experience in this area, as the company has never before offered two different models of a console simultaneously. Additionally, the Deluxe/Premium Set has been selling much better than the Basic model, so inventory levels were unbalanced and “many people wanted that version and couldn’t find it.”

“It was the first time Nintendo released two models of the game console at the same time … and I believe there was a challenge with balancing this. Specifically, inventory levels for the premium, deluxe package was unbalanced as many people wanted that version and couldn’t find it.”

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New Super Mario Bros. – Wii HD emulation vs. Wii U, NSMBU frame rate tests

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The two videos above come from yet another analysis done by Digital Foundry. Be sure to read the New Super Mario Bros. piece here.

Iwata on Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s success and City Folk’s disappointment, smart phones, free-to-play, more

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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata opened up about Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s success – from sales to the popularity of the game’s screenshot tool – in an interview with Japanese publication Nikkei. There are other Animal Crossing topics addressed as well, such as the disappointment of Wii’s City Folk and how the team approached the 3DS game from there.

Aside from Animal Crossing, Iwata talked quite a bit about smart phones, shared thoughts on free-to-play, and more.

Read up on Iwata’s comments below.

UK’s best-selling games of 2012

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GfK Chart-Track has shared the top twenty best-selling games in the UK of 2012. A listing of the rankings can be found below.

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Activision
2. FIFA 13 – Electronic Arts
3. Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
4. Halo 4 – Microsoft
5. Hitman Absolution – Square Enix
6. Just Dance 4 – Ubisoft
7. Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft
8. FIFA 12 – Electronic Arts
9. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda
10. Borderlands 2 – 2K Games
11. Mass Effect 3 – Electronic Arts
12. LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Warner Bros
13. Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Electronic Arts
14. FIFA Street – Electronic Arts
15. Mario & Sonic: London 2012 Olympic Games
16. Skylanders Giants – Activision
17. Battlefield 3 – Electronic Arts
18. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Activision
19. Max Payne 3 – Rockstar
20. Sleeping Dogs – Square Enix

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Rock Band Music Store update (1/8/13)

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The following Rock Band Music Store songs will be made available on January 8:

Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks” – keyboard support
Foo Fighters – “These Days” (previously released on Wii)
Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger “ – keyboard support

Each song can be purchased for 200 Wii points.

Source: Harmonix PR

Lots of Inazuma Eleven Go Strikers 2013 footage

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GameStop ad (1/2 – 1/8)

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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:

PreCure All Stars Dancing boxart

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Metacritic: the best-rated Nintendo-platform titles of 2012

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2013 is upon us, so it’s time to look back on the year that was 2012. How about we start with an overview of the highest-rated games?

Here’s how the results panned out for each of Nintendo’s systems – Wii U, Wii, 3DS, and DS:

Wii U

1. Mass Effect 3: Special Edition
2. Assassin’s Creed III
3. Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition
4. NBA 2K13
5. Darksiders II
6. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
7. Trine 2: Director’s Cut
8. New Super Mario Bros. U
9. Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition
10. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
11. Nintendo Land
12. Little Inferno
13. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
14. ZombiU
15. Madden NFL 13

EA shutting down FIFA Soccer 11, Madden NFL 11 servers on January 11

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EA will shut down online services for a number of sports games next month. Among the list includes FIFA Soccer 11 and Madden NFL 11, both of which will close on January 11.

Look for the full lineup of January shutdowns set to affect other platforms here.

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